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The Old Hero Of Gettysburg!
Autographed carte de visite
(1789-1872) Known as "The Old Hero Of Gettysburg," he was an old regular soldier who had fought in the War of 1812. On the first day of the battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 1863, John Burns, the former constable of the town, grabbed his old flintlock musket and joined in the fight. He strolled onto the battlefield and asked Colonel Langhorne Wister of the 150th Pa. Inf. where to fight. Ignoring the colonel's advice to get back out of danger, Burns took a place in the front line and was wounded three times during the battle. He also fought with the Iron Brigade. Over 70 years old at the time of the battle, he was even captured by the Confederates and almost hung for being a combatant out of uniform. When Abraham Lincoln came to Gettysburg to deliver his Gettysburg Address in Nov. 1863, he specifically asked to meet Burns who had become a national folk hero. A statue of him was erected on the Gettysburg battlefield in 1903.
Wet plate, albumen carte de visite photograph, mounted to 2 3/8 x 4 card. Standing view posing with his musket with fixed bayonet. Boldly autographed in ink on the front mount, John L. Burns. Back mark: E. & H.T. Anthony, From Photographic Negative in Brady's National Portrait Gallery. |
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